Improvement in preserving the colors of dried fruits



PATENT v 1 FFIE;

DAVID AGKART, OF SOHAGHTIOOKE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT I N PRESERVING TH E COLORS OF DRIED FRUITSF Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,442, dated October 3, 1871 antedated September 18, 1871.

Take of sulphuric acid one ounce, and mix with one gallon of water, more or less, the quana tity of sulphuric acid depending somewhat upon the acidity of the fruit. In this liquid immerse the fruit, immediately after it is prepared and before it changes color allowing it to remain from ten to twenty seconds; then dry after the ordinary method.

The advantages we claim by this process are that the fruit will retain its natural color, also its natural flavor, and during the process of drying will not be troubled with flies lighting upon it What I claim as my discovery, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- v Sulphuric acid with water, in the manner and for the purposes above specified.

Witnesses: DAVID AOKART.

JOEL B. HAYDEN, w JAMES NUTT. 

